Woonsocket Man Identified as Bellingham Drowning Victim
Thursday, July 06, 2017
A Woonsocket man has been identified as the victim of a drowning at Bellingham’s Lake Hiawatha on July 4.
The man, Martin Armando Celado-Herrera, 42, was pronounced dead when he was pulled from the lake around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr.
The Investigation
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTState Police Detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office responded to the lake to assist Bellingham police officers and firefighters after witnesses called police to report a man in the water around 8:30 p.m.
An initial investigation found that Celado-Herrera had been in a canoe before it capsized. He was not wearing a flotation device and could not swim, according to witnesses.
The death does not appear suspicious, but remains under investigation by the State Police Detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s office and Bellingham Police.
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